Blueprints and Schematics (Shaelie's Journal)

[Aureilya]

Hunt...





I can't remember the last time I've worked so hard for anything. There have been scalp hunts called in the past. But I've never put much thought to participating. Sometimes I'd sign up, maybe turn in a couple of scalps, but that's it.

Not this time.


Fight...





At first I joined the Hunt out of anger, for revenge. I was angry about accusations pointed at me, and feeling disregarded. I felt like I had something to prove. My scalp totals grew. One hundred dead Alliance. Two hundred. Three hundred. And pretty soon, I didn't continue to fight out of anger, but because I enjoy it.

Kill...




I find this Hunt fulfilling in a way that didn't resonate with me, before. I feel focused, more at peace.

500 dead Alliance..

One thousand Alliance....

The Battlemasters reward me with gold. With armor and weapons. I wake up earlier than usual to join the battlefields. I hunt. I fight. I kill.

Two thousand...

I will be Executioner.

[Aureilya]

The scalp hunt is over, and all the scalps have been turned in to Gnarrdog for counting. Nothing has been announced yet, so I'm not sure if I won or not. I really hope I did.. maybe they are going to make the announcement at office hours tomorrow night.

Now that it's over, I can rest and refocus on other things. I've been doing a lot of thinking, and some soul searching. It's becoming apparent that the culture of The Grim is changing, and I think I need to allow myself to change with it. Khorvis set up an alliance between The Grim, Naring's guild that I can't ever spell right- Rutilus something. And Thunderhoof Clan of Thunder Bluff, who I never even heard of. Rutilus at least makes some kind of sense, because we do see them around a lot. But the others are strangers, so I don't know what caused us to unite with them. Maybe Awatu or Yemana knows them. That's probably it.

I'm trying to work on my distrust of outsiders. We got burned pretty bad by Nahael and Cobrak, but maybe it's time to let that go and give others a chance. There are a couple of people I even like. Paiyuna is one, and she's Borrowed Time.

The other is someone that I could like, I think. Shokkra. She's always so angry. Always cursing, always getting into fights. But she doesn't strike me as someone that's very happy. I can relate to her, in a lot of ways. I don't understand why she's in Sanctuary- she seems like the exact opposite of everything they stand for. Her and Syreena kept getting into it last night, but I have a feeling it's really just because of our guilds. I wonder if she wasn't in Sanctuary, if they'd get along better. She's not an elf, so outside of our guilds being at odds, I'm not sure those two would have much reason to fight.

I felt bad for her last night. It reminded me of my situation, a couple of weeks ago. I wish she'd leave Sanctuary. She'd be better off anywhere else. I could see her in Borrowed Time.

Drak'zone is someone to keep an eye on. He was acting really strange last night.. it's hard to explain what he was doing. It almost seemed like some sort of ritual. And he was trying to get me to join him in some kind of game or wager, I think. He's hard to understand, but it seemed very suspicious. I think I remember him bidding on me at the auction, too.

Naring showed up and diverted Drak'zone away from me. It could have been a coincidence, but it almost seemed intentional. Like he noticed something was up, and was trying to put a stop to it. I could have read it wrong, but the timing made it seem like that's what was going on. I moved out from between Drak'zone and the wall once Naring started talking to him. Drak didn't see me move, but when he noticed I was gone, he looked unreasonably angry for a moment. It was very telling.

[Greebo]

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[Aureilya]

I won the Scalp Hunt, and the title of Executioner. It ranks up there as one of the proudest moments of my life. I was told that I need to think of another title for myself- one that's my own. I also have some responsibilities as Executioner of The Grim. There are things to be accomplished. This, I'm giving thought to. I'm reading through the archives for some inspiration..

Tonight, Cantina was on the boat in Bladefist Bay again. I had stepped away from the crowd at some point and walked down the deck to the lower level- and I spotted something I never noticed before! There's a tavern down there, with tables, seating, and everything! I think most people never even know it was there.



The funniest thing happened after that. People started going down there to see what everyone was looking at, and the huge tauren named Tarkus managed to cram his way through the door.. but then he got stuck inside and couldn't get out!



It was the funniest thing ever. He kept smashing against the door frame trying to force his way back through it, but it just wasn't happening. We were joking that this was his new home, now..



I have no idea how he got inside to begin with. He ended up taking a portal back to Dalaran to get out, after Aaren offered to yank him back through the door.

I've been in better spirits since the Scalp Hunt. I think the fight is good for me.

[Aureilya]

Northern Patrols - Day One

I began to patrol the roads between Brill and Chillwind Camp, tonight. Many people joined me. Not just Grim, but others. Most of Rutilus came, and some from Thunderhoof Clan. More and more people joined the fist, as the night went on. Drakzone was at my side pretty much the entire time.

I met a new person- a guy named Tylissius, who seemed to have the most knowledge of the Alliance invaders. He said they are the Honor Guard. I've never heard of them before, but they are force a to be reckoned with.

Kex'ti joined us. And he fought, and he defended.. He didn't defend the Alliance. He helped.

I actually got along well with everyone tonight. We all worked together, and it was nice. I didn't look at them as Outsiders, and I was a lot happier for it. Kexti and I spoke, and shook hands. I think we have a truce.

[Aureilya]

Last night we interrogated a couple of prisoners. It has to do with that whole Wreave situation, which I still don't really know anything about. I guess it's some drug that was being produced in a warehouse in Stranglethorn. We raided it a month or two ago and took a couple of captives that we didn't get around to interrogating until now.

I haven't seen Leyu'jin so angry before. He was.. kind of intense. But I was glad to see the prisoners being handled as they should be, this time around.

I've been trying to be as proactive as I can in the fight against the Alliance since I became Executioner. I'd led some fights in the Plaguelands, and I've joined Leyu'jin and Lupinum's team in battle a handful of times. I keep forgetting I'm supposed to come up with some sort of title for myself..

I also thought I heard something about getting a gold prize for participating in the scalp hunt. I haven't gotten anything though, and I'm not sure if anyone else has, either. Maybe Gnarrdog ran off with the gold. It's a shame- I could really use it, especially now. There are some upgrades I need to get started on with my Scorpid. Selash gave me some ideas, but they might be kind of costly. But if what was mentioned is true, I might have something like 6,000 gold coming my way.

[Aureilya]

I've been spending more and more time in the archives lately, to the point where I hardly come out anymore. Usually, I'm so busy transcribing the old dusty pages that I don't have much time to sit and read them. But tonight, I found a bundle of letters beneath some books. The pages were folded tightly and bound with a cord of leather that crumbled when I untied it.

They were letters from the great Wall, Guduk. I remember him, and it made me really sad when I found them. Even though I never really knew him that well, I remember. I think my strongest memory was encountering him in Mount Hyjal, way back before, and how he swatted me away like an afterthought- I might as well have been a fly.

It made me think a lot about Ashenfury, too. Sometimes, I wonder if his spirit could ever be contacted. I believe it's still in his cave..

[Aureilya]

*The journal now lay abandoned in the Grim garrison, tucked away in Shaelie's former quarters. No longer able to retrieve this book, it can now be discovered and considered IC knowledge.*